San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-01-19
THE REFRIGERATOR.
WHAT GREAT ADVANTAGE IT
WOULD BE TO SAN ANTONIO.
Some Pointers as to the Profits Of Ship
ping Meats to European Markets
and How the Citizens Can
Secure It.

Considerable interest In being awak-
ened In the refrigerator movement. and
there are some hopes that the citizens
and friends Of San Antonio will do their
duty in securing the refrigerator. Ii is
now case OF money talks, and, In the
popular vernacular, San Antonio must
either put up" or "shut up" Calves
ton, Houston, Dallas and Fort Worth
want IL, are working to gain 1t, and
there is little question that the choice Of
seat will be that Of the highest bidder.
On March IA the stockmen's committee
will meet in Fort Worth, and then they
want to know what each OF the contest
ing cities is prepared to donate to the
project, and, II cities are not willing to
make donations, how much Of the $780,
600 stock they will take up. II matters
are rightly understood 1t is to be o
square deal, and the most liberal and en-
terprising city will take
THE REFRIGERATOR "CAKE."
1t remains now to be seen what San An
tonic can and will do.
Many enquiries are made as to how the
Stockmen's committee will act In this
matter. Capt. b. +. BuZard, the we'll
known stockman and member OF that
committee, answers the question In the
decided to is ue a circular to the COM
mitt,e of citizens at Fort Worth, HOus-
ton, San Antonio and Dallas and other
competing points, asking the several
cities to submit their propositions to II.
Seeligson, secretary OF the refrigerator
O ,mmiItee, at San Antonio, Texas, stat
ing what amount their city will donate
or what amount they will subscribe 10
the capital stock Of the proposed refrig.
Grating plant, to aggregate 5000, OOO paid
up capital, and backed by the members
OF the State Cattlemen's association and
other stock associations In Texas. After
the receipt Of the several propositions,
the committee will visit the cities per-
sonally and inspect
THE ADVANTAGES OFFERED.
They will meet first In Fort Worth on
March 18th and inspect the refrigeration
plant already established, and will re-
ceive the propositions Of citiZsns. Then
they will visit Dallas, Houston, San An
tonic and other points thar may compete
for the establishment OF the proposed
plant. They will then meet the execu-
tive committee of the State Cattlemen's
association at Austin and make their re-
port and recommendations"
This is q clear and decisive statement
and contestants must be governed by IL.
The question 10 asked: viii the re-
frigerator psyP Many are skeptical, be-
cause they have heard and read Of fail
ures In this direction. Those who are
qualified to judge answer ayes, that is,
backed by the requisite capital and by
proper management" And this move
ment will have both. Thousands Of
TONS oi .heat arc enlpPeI io.n 81. Eou ,.
anu 'nloago, anu .ne snppes gig msn
ing rlcn ,ning ous VI s.e,I en .s pr .,s.
put tnese snIPpeiS cannot G E .ne o' tos
that come 'r"tn al par's vi H"rope 'oi
"MoRE MEAT"
As the population Of that section OF
the world increases rapidly, and from
many causes the natural meat produo-
ing facilities are lessened the demand
for American meats is on the increase,
and must naturally remain so. Thus 1t
ia that a permanent market for American
.frjgerator meats must remain open to
Texas. The Line Star State is essen
italy cattle state, but one thing has
hitherto been needed. that Ia, TO find a
good and ready market for sur
plus saleable cattle, The refrigerator
system opens the means for this. and 1t
therefore has the hearty endorsement of
the principal cattlemen of the state.
They are backing the movement and 1t
should succeed. Ii 1t is profitable for st.
Louis and Chicago, who buy Texts
beeyes, to ship the meat to Europe, II
should paw cattlemen to ship direct and
to retain and circulate
THE MONEY IN THE STATE
The LIGHT, from q reliable source gets
the following figures. A good beef
per pound, or In the aggregate SIS 30.
The hides and extraneous matter is
worth about S. 80 to the butcher, thus
reducing the cost to $50. By killing, the
weight of meat is decreased by about
400 pounds. making net weight Of 700
pounds. This is worth 81 2S3 cents per
hundred pounds In Texas. The cost Of
st. Louis to New York 10 753 per
hundred pounds, and freight for the
same weight from New York to Glas-
cow or Liverpool is only 345 cents. No
rate has been obtained from
San Antonio to St. Louis, but Ii
is confidently asserted that q rate
Of 40 cents per hundred pounds can be
obtained. This ia for overland convey
ance, but In the future, meat may be
carried by the Arkansas Pass road to the
gull, and thence direct per steamer ma
terially
Under existir, o circumstances LET ma see
what 100 pounds OF meat will cost de-
lVered IN England
Cost In Texas. ........: 80: S4.2St
Freight San Antonio and 81. Louis. 40